Let's dance until the day is done

Son,

Let's dance until the day is done, 

while we still can, 

let's laugh until the our bellies hurt

I'm with you, father with son, we're together...

I'll roll my shoulder and smile under the mask,

you'll suck on the tube, and furrow your brow.

Let's ignore the  machines and the whirrs and 

hums of machines, the steady dings of monitors...

It's just you and me, son, dancin' as long 

as the day, I'm smiling at you, son...

I know you are smiling at me.

Only when you are dozing in your small bed

will the tears and sobs wrack my body.  10/5/2021